What does *samudaya* mean? I'm seeing: "community", "arising", "the origin, or cause of suffering" When I read *samudaya* on the wiki, I became uncertain. Then somehow i read it as "ignorance together with dukkha", and somehow that made sense..(dependent origination?) any verification?

Wikipedia describes ignorance and delusions. This appears to be academic and do not find examples that are easily related. - What is ignorance? - How is it different to delusions or are they the same? - What are real world examples of ignorance?

Background: What I perceived was disenchantment, which seemed to be the cause of duhkha (a psychological pain in this case). In M 44 Dhammadinnā says: > "Now what, lady, lies on the other side of pleasant feeling?" > > "Passion > lies on the other side of pleasant feeling." > > "And what lies on the other side of painful feeling?" > > "Resistance lies > on the other side of painful feeling." > > "What lies on the other side > of neither-pleasant-nor-painful feeling?" > > "Ignorance lies on the other side of neither-pleasant-nor- painful > feeling." "What lies on the other side of ignorance?" > 
 > "Clear knowing lies on the other side of ignorance." "What lies on the > other side of clear knowing?" "Release lies on the other side of clear > knowing." "What lies on the other side of release?" "Unbinding lies on > the other side of release." > > "What lies on the other side of > Unbinding?" … The translation from suttacentral is somewhat different: > “But ma’am, what is the counterpart of pleasant feeling?” > > “Painful feeling.” > > “What is the counterpart of painful feeling?” > > “Pleasant feeling.” > > “What is the counterpart of neutral feeling?” > > “Ignorance.” > > “What is the counterpart of ignorance?” > > “Knowledge.” > > “What is the counterpart of knowledge?” > > “Freedom.” > > “What is the counterpart of freedom?” > > “Extinguishment.” > > “What is the counterpart of extinguishment?” The same two verses seem to be saying different things. If I say, 'the counterpart of pain is resistance', that doesn't make good sense. In fact, the whole translated verse from suttacentral seems strange to my mind; the former being more intuitive, perhaps more correct. But still, what does resistance mean? Does it mean aversion?

I am often harsh, though I don't think hurtful, in speech about others, because of my schizophrenia and psychosis. I often believe they are up to no good and need to be stopped verbally from doing that. Can you advise on how best to work on that? I have not taken any precept that prohibits it, but then it is my default bad karma.

New to the idea of getting external help, too. I have several questions about this path after read this Q&A: - https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/15535/new-to-buddhism - https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/17540/how-to-get-to-nirvana What attracted me to buddhism was - Meditation: Practice it many times on Padmasana because I thought that was the unique meditation form. Then I knew I can meditate over a skateboard, too. - Mindfulness: Dreaming about achieving it. - Hatha Yoga: Practiced it many times. - Ninjutsu: Practiced it several months on Bujinkan Dojo school (not a recommendation to go there). The concepts I got from Japanese culture were great though. They are attached to Buddhism but I think they misimpreted the message. - Kriya yoga: Autobiography of a yogi. Some of my greater achievements: - Leave drugs - Leave alcohol - Became vegan - Practiced a lot in the non-attachment in objects and people too. These questions are general, mine are more precise. Please be open minded about my questions, they are very real. - *Was Buddha an artist of our times?* **Edit:** I know a lot of teachers, I don't know any monks I can remember. - What's special about Buddha? - Why should someone follow him? - I see this like being someone else. Is this a bad concept about Buddhism? - Why he has *in fist sight* all the answers? - I read that is some kind of comparison about Buddhism schools and Cristians religions, but I learned that Buddhism is not a religion but a lifestyle. Is it or not? - About Yin and Yang, is that part of Buddhism? - The 12 universal laws are part of Buddhism? That's all for the moment. Oh, I forgot, the most important one: About this little part of me you could read, is there a school recommendation? Thanks for reading.

What are the key aspects of Vipassana that are not present in Samatha? What is the main difference in the method from a meditator's perspective? Labeling emotions and feelings are part of samatha or vipassana? Does Vipassana allows emotions to rise more freely to check it for what it is while Samatha tries to avoid paying attention to it by returning to the breath process?

How do I know whether I am attached to certain things or not? Examples: 1. When we are attached to a taste, we will try to find more & more tasty foods. We can reduce that by getting a simple meal, cutting the extra meals or only taking 2 meals per day like monks. 2. When we are attached to clothes, we are trying to buy the latest/expensive clothes. We can reduce that desire by wearing simple and charming clothes. The questions are, **How do I know** whether I am attached to my career, exam results or not? (Now I am in university. I have to work for exams. Sometimes I feel, I am attached to exam results) If I am, how do I **work without attaching** to it? I read this answer already: [Should I do what I don't want to do?](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/q/25669/17744)

I am not asking for an explanation on the whole "What is a Mara?" question. What i'm asking about is the being mentioned in Buddhism who has the command over all normal beings, the one who came personally to challenge,frighten lord Buddha. Is there an explanation to why or how a person become's a "Mara"?

I find many monks discussing about marananusati... however I never find this word in tripitak. Instead I find maranassati. Do buddha ever talked about marananusati.

It is said that Devadatta, before turning on the Buddha, was a good monk with psychic abilities and grace. What were the motivations behind his goodness before he turned evil? Was he only being kind to earn a good image, and so later on was feeling unsatisfied and wanted more?

How to persuade someone not to be too superstitious or too much into fortune telling? Cause based on the answers below, it's not appropriate. Did the Lord Buddha say anything about magic and fortune telling? Do Buddhist believe fortune teller? I shared the link above, the common answers below are mostly from senior Buddhists. 1. Buddhism has evolved, those sutta could outdated. 2. Those are Theravada, and Mahayana version is different. We have too many branches. 3. Many success stories of healing including themself. Most cases from the "un-audited" or modified Buddhism below from a single person thought. 1. Modified Chan Buddhism 2. Modified Mahayana

Is 'kata nana' a synonym for 'pativedha nana'? I wonder if there is a (slight) difference between these two words. Can they be used as synonyms?

💚Was there any wisdom, any words of clarity about how to handle grief in the Buddhist scriptures or in a good teacher's interpretation? Is grief a unique mind state? Is it lobha based?

Mahavir(Jain GOD) was the contemporary of the Buddha of his time. Buddha did knew some details about Mahavir, Jainism(as its mentioned in the text) & about its own way of enlightenment which he tried only to discover the '**Middle Path**'. They even lived & preached in & around the area of '**Vaishali**' (ancient city in Indian state Bihar) for certain period of their time.But did they ever met?

I have heard that Lord Buddha wrote or discussed about the smallest indivisible particle i.e the atom. What exactly did he say. Is it mentioned in some scriptures? If yes, did he give any argument or detail of his observations.

What does the Tibetan Book of Dead say about the lights, at death? Is it true, as some people say, to avoid all lights and not walk to them? And that "clear light" means "not a white light"? Non-Buddhist people too speak about "the white light trap".

The idea of having more than one life in Buddhism is regarded not just as a theory but a truth that can be experienced and verified If this is so, what was the technique used by the Buddha to recollect past lives? What is the exact technique that leads to remembering one's past lives according to Buddhism?

Tibetan/Mahayana Buddhists believe in such a thing, that somehow specific Buddhas exist....somewhere and emanate in forms in the world and are able to bless other peoples minds. My question is where does the source of this info come from? I have never read any such things from the Buddhas teachings (though I am not a scholar who has studied all sutras) though from the maha-parinibbana sutta Buddha explained "where" he will go after death and it is nowhere, as in not to another form as the causes to arise again have ceased. So how can there be Buddhas that exist in other realms of existence that bless peoples mind? Unless of course these beings exist in realms or worlds now, but that creates another conundrum as to how human beings communicated with them. Buddha did explain in MN115 that no 2 Buddhas will exist in the same world system at the same time. I would like to know the source of this belief, and I guess I am also asking is this just some cultural belief system that is not actually the Buddhas teachings, like dharma protectors for eg.

I was wondering how could Mahamaya (The Buddha's mother) travel from Kapilavastu to Lumbini, this quickly. It is no wonder that a pregnant Queen could travel in a chariot this far. If it occured, she would have given birth in the chariot. Interestingly some facts about Lumbini which will make you rethink history. http://buddhalivedinsrilanka.blogspot.com/2013/04/lumbini-is-astonishing-fraud-begun-in_7.html So how could she travel this quickly? Maybe Buddha is not an Indian. Also the Lumbini pillar looks fake? Then how does it say she traveled so quickly?

According to Buddhist teachings, we suffer because of the moment to moment impermanence of all experience. As I understand it, this is caused by clinging to experiences we feel positive about. But wouldn't the impermanence of experiences we try to avoid, by the same logic, involve a similar subtle kind of bliss?